minc3562	Northumberland v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1946
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 5th, 6th August 1946 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 3; Durham 1
Umpires	JW Franks, J Hodgson
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 102/5 (Fisher 38*, Spooner 22*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
I Murray	b Birtle	4
AD Cunningham	b Elsdon	56
LF Townsend	b Foster	192
WW Chatt	b Elsdon	2
GC Slade	b Foster	6
+LL Williams	lbw b Close	20
*SG March	b Elsdon	7
F Barraclough	lbw b Foster	8
C Lawrence	b Elsdon	1
G Tait	not out	17
H Robson	st Spooner b Foster	6
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 6 w)	21
Total	(all out, 111.4 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-173, 3-177, 4-188, 5-240, 6-258, 7-287, 8-288, 9-334, 10-340 (111.4 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Close	25	7	41	1	-	-
Birtle	19	4	54	1	-	-
Foster	27.4	4	106	4	-	-
Elsdon	32	6	88	4	-	-
Townsend	5	0	20	0	-	-
Proud	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DCH Townsend	c Townsend b Tait	10
H Thompson	c Townsend b Tait	5
WW Coverdale	c Williams b Barraclough	0
S Robertson	c Williams b Lawrence	26
R Fisher	b Tait	50
EH Foster	lbw b Robson	0
+RT Spooner	c and b Robson	29
RB Proud	c Lawrence b Robson	73
JA Close	not out	14
A Elsdon	c Robson b Townsend	0
TW Birtle	b Robson	0
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 66.1 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-15, 3-15, 4-59, 5-64, 6-116, 7-150, 8-201, 9-205, 10-212 (66.1 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barraclough	15	5	56	1	-	-
Tait	12	2	51	3	-	-
Lawrence	12	2	32	1	-	-
Robson	20.1	2	58	4	-	-
Townsend	7	1	10	1	-	-

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Durham second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DCH Townsend	b Tait	1
H Thompson	c Williams b Tait	12
WW Coverdale	c Cunningham b Barraclough	9
RB Proud	c Williams b Tait	0
S Robertson	b Tait	14
R Fisher	c Williams b Townsend	74
+RT Spooner	b Tait	89
JA Close	not out	38
A Elsdon	not out	9
EH Foster	did not bat
TW Birtle	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 85 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-25, 3-25, 4-27, 5-53, 6-173, 7-232

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tait	21	3	69	5	-	-
Barraclough	15	7	52	1	-	-
Robson	26	10	61	0	-	-
Townsend	16	6	22	1	-	-
Lawrence	7	0	42	0	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
I Murray	not out	13
AD Cunningham	c Close b Townsend	5
LF Townsend	not out	1
WW Chatt	did not bat
GC Slade	did not bat
+LL Williams	did not bat
*SG March	did not bat
F Barraclough	did not bat
C Lawrence	did not bat
G Tait	did not bat
H Robson	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(1 wicket, 10 overs)	24
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Cunningham)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Close	5	2	8	0	-	-
Townsend	5	1	11	1	-	-

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Notes
--> H Thompson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Fisher made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TW Birtle made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AD Cunningham (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LF Townsend (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LF Townsend (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RT Spooner (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RT Spooner (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Tait achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 0-8)
--> G Tait achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham second innings (previous best was 3-51)
--> G Tait achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham second innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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